How to PAINT your Muscle Car (at HOME)1968 Camaro Show Car 

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While good advice not necessarily true! Ever heard or Blending? Happens everyday in every paint booth on the planet! Ur basically saying if U start at the bottom of a car n pull your wet line all the way over the top U have no overlap! Also NOT TRUE! About the only time I would entirely agree with that is if U are spraying Candy! With that being said it isn't a bad idea to spray every job as if it were candy. Basecoat clear coat it just isn't that critical. N He did a good job!

You nailed it my man. So true what you said. Experience does count. Despite all that he managed to lay it all down perfectly. That gun pressure was pretty high too with a huge fan. I don't know how he did it, but he did. It looks awesome !!

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Thank you, yeah I love that gun, it makes me look like I know what im doin lol

@@ACDesignsGarage YOU DO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING,i watched your overlap with that gun,you got it down pat,the mix and the gun and the knowing how to overlap will get you what you want,the gun is terrific,gonna buy one for sure,i also like to throw that paint on quick,DRYING TIMES ARE EVERYTHING,BUT YOU KNOW THAT,YOU DO GOOD WORK,NEVER,EVER SECOND GUESS YOURSELF,YOU'RE DOING FINE,ENJOY,AND WEAR THOSE RESPIRATORS,A FRIEND OF MINE,GOT GREEDY AND PAINTED 5 IN ONE WEEK END,i bought him a 100.00 respirator with extra filters 4 total,he plugged them all up on the trucks and ran out on the last one,and put a scarf around his face,he died 8 weeks later from the hardeners plugging up his lung sacs,he died screaming,tell everyone,i promised him i would alert the world,you too,wear your respirators and live to paint hundreds of cars,the body dust will end you too,doing this will allow all of us years of fun doing cars

@@strattuner thank you very much, yeah i agree wear that PPE you only got one set of lungs!!!!!

@@strattuneryeah we’ve had patients that over few years didn’t wear a respirator come in and don’t last very long or get cancer just die in pain. That spray ain’t no joke

@@pmp2559 pitiful way to die,i've warned a lot of people in the trades,those who are wise listen

Thank you ,Im a big fan of them also, it just makes the look high end to me!!! Thanks for watching!!

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Thanks man,!!!! We must have the same taste in great music lol

Thank you very much, check out the 1968 camaro play list to see it out in the sun, man she pops!!!!

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Thank you, sounds like you have a good problem lol

Wow !!! Looked real good with just the paint, but the clear gloss put it over the top !!! Awesome

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Thank you, it looks awesome out in the sun. It is a factory Dodge color, they put it on the challengers,jeeps and the 3500 trucks. Thanks for watching!!!!!!!

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Thank you, check out the car finished out in the sun on my 1968 camaro playlist, it really pops!!!!

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Thank you, i love the color also, the customer picked it out!!

Thanks, Super appreciate it!! Yeah this color would look sick on a guitar!!

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Thank you, after 18 years of painting I still worry about it till that first coat of clear is on, lol

Thank you very much, hope to head to your part of the world for the next Grand National Roadster Show in 23

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Thank you , you nailed it on the color PRV!

@@ACDesignsGarage Thought so.. Its a really nice colour. How you liking the Walcom? I was thinking on buying it awhile back, but never pulled the trigger on the purchase. I use a Tekna Prolite and Tekna Base for my colours, and Iwata W400 Bellaria for clear.

Thank you, I think it did look pretty awesome matte finished!!!!!

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I try to make everything eaiser lol

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I will agree a lil, anyone can weld but it may break lol I did the sheet metal body work and the paint and color sand and buff !

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Thank you!!! The customer picked the color and it turned out great I think.

Its actually a home built booth out of plywood and 2x4s at home, but you dont have to have this we just paint several cars a year. I use to paint outside alot with good results. Thanks for watching.

I bet it would look awesome!!!!

Yeah that would be a good accent!!

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Thanks man, I've been a fan and subscriber to your channel for years!!!

@@ACDesignsGarage thank you brother

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Its just a plywood booth lol, all you need is a fan filters and agarage

@@ACDesignsGarage Wow! It looks like a high dollar spray booth. Where do you get fan filters?

@@victoroneill7924 its a home built booth out of 2x4s and plywood my buddy built, we use furnace filters, they work pretty good!!!!

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Thanks man ill try that, id love to try that Carbonio!!!

Yeah I may try to do that next week, thanks for the comment!!!

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Thanks buddy, that was a long 12 hour day hahaha

Sure did make it look 👀 easy . I’m doing my own bodywork and was gonna pay someone else to paint . After watching this I think I’ll give it a try. Great video and work thanks

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Just build one like this one. Its just made from scrap plywood and 2x4s and alot of elbow grease

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I painted it in pieces bolted and gap everything then wet sanded the jambs based the whole car and dusted the jambs again then cleared the whole thing so there are no tape lines any where. This is a home made paint booth, made from plywood and lights and a sealed squirrel cage fan for exhaust

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I love those 69 Camaros!!!!

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Hahaha its is pretty good stuff, global is a lil better but alot more money lol

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I try to find a cool color for the 65 tempest

@@CabinontheHill that would be a awesome look on that tempest for sure

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Thank you!!! Alot depends on the type job. Most of the time I jamb it first then put it together which alows touch up. Then I wetsand the jambs and leave the doors shut while I spray color on the rest of the car then on the last coat of clear I open the jambs and spray the whole car with clear including the jambs and leave all the doors open till it drys. This leaves zero tape lines. Just for full custom jobs.I got the paint gun from @motivatedpainters on youtube.

Thanks, that would probably look awesome, we did a gold pearl bumblebee ghost stripe on the nose. I have a video on it in my 1968 camaro playlist if you want to check it out.

@@ACDesignsGarage had a look & that subtle ghost stripe & it did look like it suited the colour. Very nice.

Thanks, I love that gun!!! The way I set mine up is , I turn the fan pattern knob all the way open unless I need to get into a tight place, as for the fluid aka the lower knob I back it all the way out, then squeeze the trigger all the way open" with no paint or air hooked up lol" then turn the fluid knob in till I feel it start pushing on the trigger I stop. As for air aroun 25 to 30 psi at the regulator on the gun, you can just play around with it to see what you like. Base coat , I have always used a trick my buddy taught me many years ago, paint till you get full coverage then do one more medium to light coat, which usually ends up being 3 coats of base. Clear coat, I usually do 3 to 4 heavy handed coats but I always cut and buff my stuff , cause I want it as slick as possible!!!! The first coat is usually a good medium wet coat then after tacking I like to drill it on lol. Hope this helps!!!!!!

Thank you for your service 🙏 to our amazing country!!!!! Man id love to have a big block 69!!! Yes I slick painted the bottom of the hood and deck lid, go to my channel and look at the 68 camaro playlist and I have the full build on this car!!! Thanks for the support 👍

@@ACDesignsGarage Sounds good My honor to serve 🇺🇸🇺🇸

This is a uni-body....no frame

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Thank you for the kind words, I do the same thing, but most cars nowdays the colors dont pop, there just drab.

@@ACDesignsGarage And are all throw away cars! Not meant to be fixed but driven for 12-18 years then junked!

@@deankay4434 so true, there just like appliances, use it ,then trash it.

@@ACDesignsGarage Funny you say that as I pulled washing machine motor Father’s Day, spray dab of penetrating oil then spin free as it was harder to turn. Motor oil went next, wheel bearing grease on motor slide, belt still good, have printed schematic for this 30 year old Maytag pair and discovered the “Truth” table on timer/reed switch assembly and figured it out. Never made sense as they use circle on switch 0,2,4,6,8,10,12,14. The timer shows T/C & B/C but 3 rows of 8 contacts. Hit me like a ton of feathers. Got the Fluke 87-5 out and found it means top contacts to center, Bottom row of contacts to middle. Colors matched & wires are inked with markings on schematic. Finished but took dryer vent apart a middle & ran vacuum hose both directions, works super! Raised 4 kids and clothes from two adults. I guess 1.2 million loads went thru both! Oh, 12 florescent light fixtures in garage, all the ballast started to fail within a month apart or less. I got at box of 1” tubes, LED’s by-pass ballast, changed them out, never been brighter. Even to calculator works at any angle. Wired sons 81 El Co (500 HP/Bench build 4L6e and 3rd diff, but it got painted all summit white B/C. He never took photos of twin fan relays, wires or sensor. So started over. 150 amp 2 mini ANL fuse block at battery for starter & alt. From alt. to 3 way 70 amp, 2) 40 amp mini ANL fuses to new fuse center to run fans, choke relay, inside fuse block, stop lamp/4-way flasher, ignition switch, all head lamps thru 10 amp ATC fuses, 5 amp to twin fan relays grounded by temp switch at thermostat, 7.5amp to choke relay and done. I need a day off!

Agreed, I love that stuff ,thanks for watching

Keep it up brother! Enjoyed watching nice clean paintwork! You would think since ive been painting 23yrs it would get old but really enjoy watching peoples technique and how they do things. Gotta be open book in this trade always something to learn! Best of luck to ya and keep on laying down glass!

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Ive painted cars outside you just have more buffing to do, but it can be done. My first hotrod was painted on a open concrete pad and actually turned out pretty good. All a booth does is control the atmosphere.

It actually a 68 SS but we shaved the markers hahahahaha

Yes you could, we usually paint the underside of the body on the rotisserie, it makes it eaiser, if you look back in my channel you'll see a video of me raptor lining the bottom of this 68, its easy to put the body shell on the rotisserie but its a pain to do the whole car on there, but it can be done. I Usually paint the car apart but its challenging to put back together with out scratching stuff unless you have a bunch of people helping you. With the way I did on this video is alot of taping, but you dont have to put it together lol, hope this helps, thanks for watching!!!!

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@@ACDesignsGarage It my pleasure!

I used a 1.3 for the base and clear on this 68 camaro, It worked pretty good I think.

Hey how much was that spray gun

Lol thanks but it just made out of plywood and 2x4s then painted. The exhaust fan is just a squirrel cage fan and regular florescent lights. Just a lil time and money lol. But if your gonna just paint 1 car its not necessary. Thanks for watching!!!

@@ACDesignsGarage Well you've done a great job on the booth and are a very good painter and the ghosted bumble bee stripe sure topped off that job. Thanks for sharing.

@@porschmn thank you, its my buddys booth, not sure I have the patience to build one lol

Hahaha theres more than 1 way to skin a cat. It probably comes from years of painting heavy equipment. I use to spray 50 gallons a week during auction time lol.

Thank you!!! Its all ppg, the base is ppg DBC and the clear is ppg dcu 2002, the color is I think passion pearl, its a mopar color. Thanks for watching!!¡

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Thanks for watching, It tends to work better to go from front to back because when you stop it can cause a build up where you start and stop. I like your idea on the roof. I personally would start spraying in the middle of the roof spraying from front wind sheild to rear and work your way twords the outside of the roof, then go to the other side and start in the middle where you've already sprayed then work your way out tword you. I do like 3 coats or till covered the turn down your pressure a little and just kinda fog the last coat your gun should be around 1ft. From the pannel on this coat, (aka) drop coat and it will even out your metallics.

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Thanks for the question, I left them loose until I'm done then we'll snug them up, carefully lol

I really like ppg its pricey but there pretty good and there always gonna be around. I use dbc base coat and dcu 2002 high solids clear.

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With the base coat clear coat system I use you dont have to sand between coats as long as your in the recoat window. Usually 15 to 20 minutes between coats. Thanks for watching!!!

I take as long as I need lol that day I sprayed 2 coats of sealer 4 coats of base and 3 coats of clear, long day hahahaha thanks for watching!!

Flash times are minimum for basceoat. Take all the time ya need Just not days. .

Made out of plywood and 2×4 studs not a professional booth, nice but not bought.

@@ACDesignsGarage well the title is misleading, because most people don't have a professional paint booth at home or even the space to build their own. Maybe the title should be "How to PAINT your muscle car (in a professional paint booth)..." doesnt matter if you built it and its at your house, its still a professional paint booth.

Its a home made booth, but we paint several cars, you don't need one if your gonna paint one or two cars ,its at my buddys house. Ill have a video on the design of it this weekend

Love it I wish I had the Space! Great job looks clean too.

Thanks for the offer, but were almost finished on our promised work, my buddy that helps is retiring and I plan on goin fulltime on here yeacing people how to do it at home. Thanks for the support 👍

I think it was Omni mp 282 high build primer

Thanks, it a Chrysler color called velvet red the code is PRV

At My personal all i have is some lights and a fan, it works pretty good, im gonna do a video on my personal shop and the cars that i painted there.

Awesome thank you for the support, ask away, ill help if I can!!!

I bought it from motivated painters here on youtube if you want to message him, its a great gun!!!!

Its a factory dodge color I think its passion red pearl it came on jeep Cherokee, dodge rams and challengers